Summary

This data collection stems from anthropological field work
on politico-religious organization and economic change in Zinacantan,
Mexico. Major areas of investigation include local economics, economic
stratification, and political and religious organization. Men of
Zinacantan, Mexico, held year-long religious posts called "cargos,"
and waiting lists were kept to record the names of men who wished to
serve in the future. The cargo data presented in this collection
include information on cargo waiting lists such as the year in which
the lists were used, the cargo requested, and the hamlet of residence
of the requester. The census data for the hamlet Nachig for the years
1967, 1983, and 1987 include information such as age, residence,
tax-paying status, land holdings, wealth, economic activity, economic
status, political affiliation, and religious and civil offices held.
The unit of analysis for the cargo data is the cargo requested. For the
census data, the unit of analysis is married men.

Geographic Coverage

Time Period(s)

Date of Collection

Universe

For the cargo data, the universe includes all requests for
religious office in the Mexican township of Zinacantan. For the census
data, the universe includes all married men in the Mexican hamlet of
Nachig.

Data Source

census data, and archival records

Data Type(s)

Original Release Date

1992-05-12

Version Date

1992-05-12

Version History

1992-05-12 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Standardized missing values.

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

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